Développement international

Analyzing Afghanistan, Part 1: Lessons from SIGAR
- 16 mai 2017
Canada has already invested 15 years, billions of dollars, and over 160 human lives to secure and stabilize the fragile state of Afghanistan. Equivalent efforts, however, have not been made to assess the effectiveness of Canada’s involvement; nor have the …
Par Nipa Banerjee
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A Treaty to Protect the Rights of Older People is Long Overdue!
- 24 avril 2017
By Gordon Digiacomo, Martine Lagacé, and Caroline Andrew

“Homelessness, malnutrition, unattended chronic diseases, lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation, unaffordable medicines and treatments and income insecurity are just a few of the most critical human rights issues …
Par CIPS
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Harper Lite? Le gouvernement Trudeau et l’aide au développement
- 2 avril 2017
Le gouvernement libéral de Justin Trudeau a transformé l’image de l’engagement du Canada sur la scène internationale, passant d’un ton autoritaire et mesquin aux «voies ensoleillées». Cependant, en ce qui concerne l’aide au développement, ses actions ne reflètent pas la …
Par Stephen Brown
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Women in Politics, Part 2: Moving Forward — Supporting Gender-Inclusive Political Participation
- 15 décembre 2016
By Althea-Maria Rivas and Gabrielle Bardall

Supporting women’s public participation and political inclusion should be a critical objective of Canada’s contribution to international democracy assistance, particularly in light of the current government’s emphasis on feminism. We must prioritize gender equality …
Par Gabrielle Bardall
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Women in Politics, Part 1: Women, Inclusive Political Participation, and Canadian International Development Policy
- 15 décembre 2016
By Althea-Maria Rivas and Gabrielle Bardall

The Canadian government’s review of the International Development Assistance policy and funding framework is noteworthy in its ambition to promote feminism by applying “a feminist lens … to all of Canada’s international assistance …
Par Gabrielle Bardall
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Gender and Peacebuilding: Trudeau Can Do More to Support Gender Rights in Africa
- 1 décembre 2016
By Dr. Annie Bunting

With the Canadian government about to confirm the deployment of peacekeepers to Africa (likely to Mali), and Prime Minister Trudeau’s recent visit to Liberia and address to the Francophonie on the centrality of the rights of …
Par CIPS
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Letter to George Clooney
- 15 septembre 2016
Dear George,

I’m writing to say that I think you are a great actor! And, of course, handsome beyond belief!! I loved you in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? I laughed my socks off watching you in Burn After Reading…
Par Rita Abrahamsen
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Finding Canada’s Way Again on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- 31 mars 2016
Introduction: Disability and Global Development

There are over one billion persons with disabilities in the world today. Although many are at the “bottom billion” of the global hierarchy, over the past decade they have capably organized to get their rights …
Par Stephen Baranyi
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Low-Fee Private Schools and Development: What Do We Really Know?
- 8 septembre 2015
by Prachi Srivastava

I have been researching low-fee private schooling for nearly a decade and a half. No one could be happier that the issue is finally receiving the high-level attention it deserves, with discussions in development circles and an …
Par CIPS
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The Death of the North-South Institute
- 16 septembre 2014
Canada’s only independent think tank on international development and foreign policy, the North-South Institute, will soon close its doors. According to media reports, the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) communicated its decision not to continue funding NSI …
Par CIPS
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Why is Ottawa Accelerating its International Aid Budget Cuts by Stealth?
- 14 janvier 2014
by Bruce Montador

The Harper government started two years ago to cut back on official development assistance (ODA), announcing in 2012 a three-year series of cuts (even if Canada is among the donor countries least under fiscal pressure to cut …
Par CIPS
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Financement du développement : Et si la solution chinoise offrait un plus pour la bonne gouvernance ?
- 15 février 2012
par Nasser Ary Tanimoune

C’est un fait ! La Chine est de plus en plus présente en Afrique. Les formes que prennent ses interventions sont toutes autant différentes de celles des partenaires « traditionnels » des pays les moins avancés. …
Par CIPS
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